IJ's FreedomCast

When cops don’t know the law, a heartbreaking deportation case, and charity donation bins … that speak!

A veterinarian’s free speech rights, a prisoner’s cruel and unusual garb, and a farmer busted for swampbusting.

A questionable murder conviction, $60,000 seized from a man never charged with a crime, and an immigrant who may face persecution if she’s deported.

A naughty beer label, censorship on city buses, and a heart-healthy butter substitute that isn't.

An exotic dancing ban, prison guards who ignored sexual abuse, and a successful (!) ineffective-assistance claim. Subscribe today to receive Short Circuit, a weekly email roundup of important decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal. It’s a Friday afternoon treat for the legal world. ij.org/short-circuit

A Border Patrol checkpoint, missing evidence, and an officer who crossed the thin blue line. Subscribe today to receive Short Circuit, a weekly email roundup of important decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal. It’s a Friday afternoon treat for the legal world. ij.org/short-circuit

Subscribe today to receive Short Circuit, a weekly email roundup of important decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal. It’s a Friday afternoon treat for the legal world. ij.org/short-circuit

The IJ Update is a roundup of recent victories, case launches, and other developments happening at the Institute for Justice.

Can the government throw you in jail just for giving advice? Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes discusses three of our big free speech cases that are trying to protect Americans’ right to give advice.

IJ president and co-founder Chip Mellor discusses the Institute’s early history and how IJ became the national law firm for liberty. Guests: IJ President and General Counsel, Chip Mellor Host: Shira Rawlinson Length:28:08 Date: Dec 2012

Across the country, school choice programs are giving parents--not bureaucrats--control over a child’s education.  But these programs have come under attack by teachers’ unions and their allies who seek to protect their self-interests over real K-12 education reform.  IJ senior attorneys and school-choice experts Dick Komer and Bert Gall discuss the history of school choice programs and how these programs are changing the lives of families across the nation. Guests: IJ Attorneys Dick Komer and Bert Gall Host: Shira Rawlinson Length:22:45 Date: Aug 2012

Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the United States today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, or cash and use the proceeds to fund agency budgets —all without charging you with a crime. Unlike criminal forfeiture, where property is taken after its owner has been found guilty in a court of law, with civil forfeiture, owners need not be charged with or convicted of a crime to lose homes, cars, cash or other property. Guests: IJ Attorney Scott Bullock and Director of Strategic Research Lisa KnepperHost: Shira RawlinsonLength:24:16Date: Aug 2012

IJ president and co-founder Chip Mellor discusses the Institute’s early history and how IJ became the national law firm for liberty.

During the New Deal, the U.S. Supreme Court largely abandoned its role as an independent check on government power in the economic sphere by refusing to enforce constitutional limits on federal power and inventing a rubber stamp standard of review called the "rational basis” test.  This abdication of judicial responsibility has enabled legislators to run roughshod over economic liberties and property rights ever since.  IJ senior attorneys Clark Neily and Jeff Rowes talk about the Supreme Court decisions that unleashed government power during the New Deal. Guests: IJ Attorneys Clark Neily and Jeff RowesHost: Shira RawlinsonLength:27:33Date: April 2012

Historically, contracts are only valid and enforceable if there is voluntary, mutual consent. Contracts entered under duress are void.  At the end of March, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide if the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional.  The Institute for Justice recently submitted an amicus brief to the Court urging the Court to strike down the individual mandate and keep contracts truly voluntary.  IJ's Elizabeth Price Foley and Steve Simpson sit down to discuss the history of contracts and the unique insights offered by IJ’s brief. Guests: IJ Attorneys Elizabeth Price Foley and Steve SimpsonHost: Shira RawlinsonLength:33:05Date: March 2012